Maibox baseball problem and worse

[Zxyrthe]

How about this?

Make a fragile, paper mache replica of your mailbox - like a pinata. Fill it with red paint and/or deer repellant (liquid, putrified egg solids).

Retrieve your mail and swap the Pinata of Stink and Horror with your real box.

The next day, follow your nose. Look for the vehicle with the new red paint job. Take a picture of the license plate.

Put the real box back in place.

If your real box gets smashed, you have a picture of their license.

 

[sseelhoff]

How about this?

Make a fragile, paper mache replica of your mailbox - like a pinata. Fill it with red paint and/or deer repellant (liquid, putrified egg solids).

Retrieve your mail and swap the Pinata of Stink and Horror with your real box.

The next day, follow your nose. Look for the vehicle with the new red paint job. Take a picture of the license plate.

Put the real box back in place.

If your real box gets smashed, you have a picture of their license.

I was thinking fill the mailbox with nitro glycerine, but your option works too.:thumbsup:

 

[mbrule]

How about this?

Make a fragile, paper mache replica of your mailbox - like a pinata. Fill it with red paint and/or deer repellant (liquid, putrified egg solids).

Retrieve your mail and swap the Pinata of Stink and Horror with your real box.

The next day, follow your nose. Look for the vehicle with the new red paint job. Take a picture of the license plate.

Put the real box back in place.

If your real box gets smashed, you have a picture of their license.

I think this is a great idea!!!!!

 

[MMagis]

If I’m not mistaken, any mailbox you have must be post office approved. I know for a fact if you try to make or reinforce one out of steel or something hard, they will make you take it down immediately. It can’t be anything that could injure a person if they were to happen to hit it with a vehicle. A lady up the road had a beautiful stone built mail box for years. Now it sits in her driveway because she had to remove it from the roadway. I think the camera idea is the best one, but make sure you hide it well. An IR camera is probably the best choice in this scenario.

 

[teg]

Is your mailbox right on the road? Can you move the mailbox back off the road a bit. Even if you have to build up and fill in a small area, like a pullout Pad... like a half circle that you pull off the edge of the road to get to your mail box?

 

[MoKelly]

If I知 not mistaken, any mailbox you have must be post office approved. I know for a fact if you try to make or reinforce one out of steel or something hard, they will make you take it down immediately. It can稚 be anything that could injure a person if they were to happen to hit it with a vehicle. A lady up the road had a beautiful stone built mail box for years. Now it sits in her driveway because she had to remove it from the roadway. I think the camera idea is the best one, but make sure you hide it well. An IR camera is probably the best choice in this scenario.

We have had a brick/stone ailbox for at least 15 years and never heard one peep from the Post Office. It is not reinforced with steel or anything ... just block. But, the Post Office has no idea what is inside and has never asked.

MoKelly

 

[Zxyrthe]

I'm only half-joking about the pinata idea. However, some quick Googling reveals nasty consequences if the offenders are convicted.

The last two sentences are the kicker.

From eHow -

Federal Consequences

Destroying mailboxes can have serious federal consequences. Title 18, Section 1705 of the United States Code makes it a federal crime to vandalize mailboxes, as well as injuring, destroying or defacing any mail that's placed in them. Each act of vandalism carries maximum penalties of up to $250,000 in fines and up to three years in prison.

Federal Responses

To report an act of mailbox vandalism, you must complete a PS Form 2016, also known as a "Mail Theft And Vandalism Complaint." Upon reviweing your complaint, the Postal Inspection Service may attempt to determine if this was an isolated incident, or part of a pattern of such misdeeds in your jurisdiction. Rural areas report more problems than city ones, because mailboxes are often placed far from their owner's sight.

Collateral Consequences

Conviction for a federal crime such as mailbox vandalism also carries many negative collateral consequences--especially when the act is deemed by the court to be a felony. Offenders can lose their right to vote, carry firearms, serve on juries or hold public office. In most cases, convicted felons cannot seek state licenses, nor bid on government contracts. Federal regulatory agencies may also bar convicted felons from employment, as well.


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[hawkeye08]

I put a paper box (for local newspaper) next to my mailbox. I mounted it on a steel T post that sticks up over (higher than) the mailbox. The paperbox is plastic and doesn't seem to get damaged and the T post seems to prevent the full swing of the bat that can damage the mailbox.

 

[rswyan]

I'm only half-joking about the pinata idea. However, some quick Googling reveals nasty consequences if the offenders are convicted.

The last two sentences are the kicker.

From eHow -

Federal Consequences

Destroying mailboxes can have serious federal consequences. Title 18, Section 1705 of the United States Code makes it a federal crime to vandalize mailboxes, as well as injuring, destroying or defacing any mail that's placed in them. Each act of vandalism carries maximum penalties of up to $250,000 in fines and up to three years in prison.

Federal Responses

To report an act of mailbox vandalism, you must complete a PS Form 2016, also known as a "Mail Theft And Vandalism Complaint." Upon reviweing your complaint, the Postal Inspection Service may attempt to determine if this was an isolated incident, or part of a pattern of such misdeeds in your jurisdiction. Rural areas report more problems than city ones, because mailboxes are often placed far from their owner's sight.

Collateral Consequences

Conviction for a federal crime such as mailbox vandalism also carries many negative collateral consequences--especially when the act is deemed by the court to be a felony. Offenders can lose their right to vote, carry firearms, serve on juries or hold public office. In most cases, convicted felons cannot seek state licenses, nor bid on government contracts. Federal regulatory agencies may also bar convicted felons from employment, as well.


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Print out the above and anonymously mail it to the suspected party ..... weekly ...... for about 6 months.

 

[MikeD74T]

I'm only half-joking about the pinata idea. However, some quick Googling reveals nasty consequences if the offenders are convicted.

The last two sentences are the kicker.

From eHow -

Federal Consequences

Destroying mailboxes can have serious federal consequences. Title 18, Section 1705 of the United States Code makes it a federal crime to vandalize mailboxes, as well as injuring, destroying or defacing any mail that's placed in them. Each act of vandalism carries maximum penalties of up to $250,000 in fines and up to three years in prison.

Federal Responses

To report an act of mailbox vandalism, you must complete a PS Form 2016, also known as a "Mail Theft And Vandalism Complaint." Upon reviweing your complaint, the Postal Inspection Service may attempt to determine if this was an isolated incident, or part of a pattern of such misdeeds in your jurisdiction. Rural areas report more problems than city ones, because mailboxes are often placed far from their owner's sight.

Collateral Consequences

Conviction for a federal crime such as mailbox vandalism also carries many negative collateral consequences--especially when the act is deemed by the court to be a felony. Offenders can lose their right to vote, carry firearms, serve on juries or hold public office. In most cases, convicted felons cannot seek state licenses, nor bid on government contracts. Federal regulatory agencies may also bar convicted felons from employment, as well.


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Loved your first post. Should consider skunk scent, there's a company that sells glass vials to be attached to mailboxes. The idea that the US Postal Dept will do anything about a privately owned mailbox is a joke, they can barely deliver the mail. They'd probably loose the form. MikeD74T